Knight of the East (Grand Master of Masters)

of a few minutes and come to report on what they have seen. They return and give the password. Prince Zerubbabel asks them:
Q. My dear Knights, have you met anything?
A. We have seen a very worthy mason who has been purified by water and fire who asks the high favor of being admitted among us.
Since he has been purified by water and fire (says the P.ble) give him entry to the temple.

He is given entry and placed between the two columns that are broken and he is told: My very dear and worthy brother, it is a question of rebuilding a new temple for the Lord; do you feel the strength to fight all those who might oppose it?
A. Yes.
Prince Zerubbabel says: Arm him with a sword, a trowel, and lead him to the south, where he takes 7 steps to the North and 4 to the East where he gives his obligation, the sword on the tables of the Law, in the following manner.

Obligation

I promise on the faith of a Knight to work to rebuild the new temple and to fight against all the infidels who might oppose it.

The obligation being given, the Venerable gives him the embrace, the password, and the sacred word Sahin reestablished?, then 3 Knights lead him to Ezra and Nehemiah to receive the embrace and the words, etc.

Instruction

Q. Are you a Knight of the Orient?
A. Here are the marks, the sword and the trowel.
Q. Who received you?
A. Three masons: Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah.
Q. Where were you received?
A. In Jerusalem after having been purified.

Q. In what?
A. In the brazen sea supported by 12 Oxen.
Q. How old are you?
A. 70 years, the duration of the captivity.
Q. What are your ornaments?
A. The trumpet and the triangle.
Q. With how many lights is the Lodge illuminated?
A. With 27.
Q. Why 27?
A. Because of the 12 years of the age of Solomon, the 4 years of reflection, the 6 years of construction, and the 7th for the dedication.
Q. How are you dressed?
A. In black lined with ermine.
Q. Give me the password! That is to say, entry to the council
A. Scito Scilam abif.
Q. The sacred word.
A. Net Jodin.
Q. What was your goal in coming among us?
A. To rebuild a new temple to the Lord.
Q. What reward do you expect?
A. The hope of seeing the true light.

Subject of the Grade

This grade reminds us of the destruction of the temple of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Assyria, the captivity of the Jews in Babylon, the freedom of this people granted to Zerubbabel by Cyrus, the victory that the masons won over the barbarians at the crossing of the river Stabuzaïne, and the construction of the second temple and a new city on the ruins of the old one.

Duties of the Knights of the Orient

1st. To love, adore, and serve the true God, and to obey the sovereign.